The following is the transcript of Maurice Ellison, the legal translator, written after the war, like a personal memoir:

The sudden sound of gunfire came from the northeast direction of this Great Qingxia Palace.

With so many treasures in the summer palace, it is a strong depression that is basically gone; I also thought of the amazing bounty that I would be able to get if I killed these people in the Xuange camp.

Before the officers gave the order, the soldiers on both sides of the Yin Law spontaneously rushed in that direction.

Then, almost everyone went on a rampage.

Of course, that includes me; I confess that at that moment, I was like a beast that had lost its mind, and that there was only greed for those treasures in my heart.

It wasn't until I really started running that I really discovered that the scope of this Great Qing Emperor's summer palace was really large to a somewhat astonishing extent.

Even when I ran, I was already in a palace in the middle of the city.

When he ran all the way to the northeast corner where the gunshots came, he was sweating all over his body and panting heavily.

What's even more surprising is that in the process of running through this one.

In such a large summer palace, we could not see any other living creatures except for a few fish and animals that were apparently kept in captivity.

This was the case until the northeast corner of the summer palace.

In front of my eyes, a Western-style complex of buildings magically appeared.

I saw that in an area of about seven hectares, several buildings were mostly made of white marble, with intricately carved stone surfaces and glazed tiles on the roofs.

On the perimeter of the building, there are spectacular fountains, neat shrubs, and well-groomed lawns.

Frankly speaking, in addition to the overall area, I don't think it's worse than Versailles in other aspects, and even more beautiful.

And it is in one of these buildings, a two-storey, fairly large main building.

I could faintly see some of the people in strange uniforms, the ones in the Xuange camp.

In addition, there are more eunuchs dressed in the costumes of the Daqing court, and even some maids; They were also hiding in it with Daqing's old-fashioned arquebus, and they were looking this way.

Outside some windows and gates, some soldiers who had been captured in the previous night's battle were tied.

In terms of numbers, there are more than a dozen people

Although in yesterday's battle, they were all shot in one arm, or one leg; However, they have clearly undergone good treatment and seem to be doing well at the moment.

At a distance from the main building, from two hundred meters to four hundred meters away.

In the small squares with their stone slabs and fountains, and on the lawns on the side, dozens of soldiers had fallen by now.

I looked at it all in one circle, and I put it all together.

It seems that the people in the Xuange camp are planning to rely on a more solid stone building to hold on inside.

If you combine them with a six-barreled musket that is quite terrifying in terms of range and rate of fire, and that kind of wooden-handled grenade that is incredibly powerful.

The beautiful Western-style main building is really like a small fortress, and it is difficult to attack it.

It was also after seeing the above situation that all the soldiers, including me, who rushed towards them under the sound of gunfire, woke up from their frenzy.

No one would rush up stupidly, but surrounded the main building, waiting for the commanders to arrive.

After about five minutes, Lord Montauban, General Grant, and a group of high-ranking officers of the coalition army arrived here on war horses.

At this time, I remembered my duties as a translator and hurriedly approached.

Fortunately, Lord Montauban, attracted all the attention of the men of the Xuango camp and the half-fortifications of their small fortress, did not notice my dereliction of duty.

Observed for a few minutes, after putting down the binoculars.

General Grant of the Yin Army issued an order from his mouth: "Inform the artillery unit, drag all the cannons over, and fire immediately after deploying them on the spot."

These naïve guys, do they think they'll be fine if they hide inside?

Impossible, we will use artillery to blast open such a turtle shell little by little, crush them all to death, blow them up inside, and there will be no chance to shoot. ”

Faced with such an order, General Grant's herald had a visibly hesitant look on his face.

Although he didn't say anything, everyone present, including me, could understand why this herald, who was said to be from Liverpool, was like this.

That is, if General Grant had done what he had ordered, none of the dozen or so captured soldiers who had been tied to the outside of the walls of the main building would have survived the ferocious shelling.

Unfortunately, the poor herald hesitated and waited for twenty seconds.

The senior officers of the coalition forces present did not seem to care at all about such an order, but General Grant had some unhappy looks on his face.

This young man from Liverpool can only turn around and prepare to give orders.

Just as he was about to climb onto his horse, a colonel of the Yin Army finally shouted: "No, you can't do this."

According to intelligence, the young people around the summer palace have not seen any convoys entering and leaving at all in the past few days.

Then it shows that those treasures of the Orient are still in such a summer palace; As for why we didn't find it, there is no doubt that they must have been transferred to this building.

If it is shelled, those fine porcelain, silk, calligraphy and paintings, etc., will not everything be destroyed. ”

As soon as such a voice fell, including several people of His Excellency Montauban, the next second Qi Qi turned his head to the herald, and shouted out a sentence:

"Stop, stop quickly, for Brother Su's sake......"

Let His Excellency Montauban and others have such a strong reaction, and I also understand what is going on.

You know, when he sent a vanguard to this summer palace last night, His Excellency Montauban had already planned it beautifully.

The best treasures of this summer palace were, of course, to be brought back to Europa and dedicated to the great Emperor Napoleon III and the Venerable Empress Eugenie.

In this way, he will be rewarded by His Majesty the Emperor.

It is possible to become a noble earl, or even a marquis, in the future.

The slightly worse treasures were naturally left by himself; When the time comes, you can return to Europa with a large sum of beautiful and precious loot and become a rich man.

As for the worse treasures, they were naturally taken away by the officers and soldiers under them.

In short, in the plan of Lord Montauban, it was a carnival of the French army, and everyone would reap great benefits from such a plunder.

Of course, General Grant's thoughts on the Yin Army's side are estimated to be similar.

Therefore, under the magical power of many oriental treasures, the lives of those captured soldiers became precious again.

With a solemn expression on his face, Lord Montauban shouted in a rare voice, so that the voice could be heard from a long distance: "

Boys, let's attack at once and kill these savage youths.

rescue our poor comrades-in-arms; Of course, there are also the treasures that the young people have hidden in them, and all of them are snatched out and become our trophies. ”

Maybe it's because of saving comrades-in-arms, such a statement.

Of course, it is more likely that the news that the treasure is hidden inside makes everyone excited.

Always after the next second, at least more than 2,000 French and Yin soldiers launched an attack on the main building with rifles in their hands and full of fanatical fighting courage.

At that time, under the devilish impulse, I almost wanted to rush along.

Fortunately, he finally restrained his impulse and did not lose face, because this charge was a joke.

When they first charged past, the young people in the main building seemed to be frightened and stupid, and they didn't react all the time; But when some soldiers rushed to the front, they rushed to a distance of about two hundred meters.

Suddenly, from the many windows, doorways, rooftops and other positions of the main building, there was a dense pouring of firepower, which naturally included the three terrifying six-barreled muskets.

In a very short period of time, however, a number of soldiers were put to the ground.

I have to admit that the magic of the saying 'the most precious treasures of the Orient for thousands of years' is really amazing.

In the face of such a dense firefight, the soldiers would have collapsed long ago.

But now, the soldiers were still screaming, taking advantage of the gap in the arquebus in the hands of the big green geldings to reload and reduce the density of fire by a few points, and continued to rush over.

It was only after they rushed to thirty meters that hundreds of smoking grenades were thrown from the main building.

Just seeing such a scene, I couldn't help but close my eyes, knowing that this attack was completely over.

And so it was, and after a second at most when I closed my eyes, the sound of explosions reached my ears.

When I opened my eyes, I found that I was surrounding the main building.

Tens of meters away, there are now fallen corpses.

The soldiers, who had been shouting and rushing forward not long ago, were now rushing towards the rear at a faster speed, their faces full of fear.

From time to time, people are killed by bullets from behind, making them run as fast as they can.

Eventually, when all the soldiers who could move escaped from the range of the guns in the main building; There were still more than 300 people, and they fell in front of the main building.

Such a scene made a group of senior generals of the coalition army fall into silence for a long time.

Until His Excellency Montauban, he roared in a little anger: "Herald, let the artillerymen drag all the cannons over~"

In the roar of Lord Montauban, I felt that everything that was happening around me was so magical.

But with the time spent in this Great Green Summer Palace, day by day, I realized that these things and experiences that I thought were magical had just begun......

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Although it was quite easy, it repelled a large-scale attack launched by the Yin Law Alliance.

But when the last bullet in the chamber of the gun was emptied, and seeing that the opponent basically escaped the range of the Hanyang-made rifle, Hu Biao's face did not have a trace of relaxation.

's mouth was even more urgent, and he shouted a string of commands:

"Righteous people, take those palace maids, hurry up and treat the wounded.

Ah Li, you pay attention to when Hai Dongqing will come back, and let these two big babies speed up a little; I've worked hard these past few days, and I'll give them credit when I go back.

Shi Poyu, Team Zheng, you guys from the heavy machine gun team are very happy to fight, aren't you? Special! Save your bullets, and when the bullets are out early, there will be times when you cry.

Lao Yang, continue to take people down to dig tunnels, whether you can survive until the end of the task depends on this thing.

Warehouse manager, old black, you two old SP are talking nonsense with the God of Wealth; Hurry up and go to bed, and after recuperating your spirits, you can go to shoot black guns at night; Just suffer losses and don't take advantage of things, Lao Tzu is unwilling~"

For a while, in the high-pitched scolding of this goods's mouth, there was a bit of a chicken, flying and jumping posture here in the main building.

Saying! The judgment of the high-level leaders of the Yin-Law Alliance Army was not wrong at all, in the face of such a large Old Summer Palace, Hu Biao would choose to block them out of the garden unless he had a hole in his brain.

In the Old Summer Palace, there is an area called the Western Building, which is now in the plane, and you can see in the picture where there are ruins such as Harmony and Wonder, and the Great Water Law.

The sturdy stone buildings here are naturally good bunkers.

However, for the Yin Law Alliance's side, their judgment that they transferred all the treasures to the Western Mansion is incorrect, or not entirely correct.

Because a small number of them have been successfully transferred, most of the rest are concentrated here, and others have been transferred to the tunnels.

Relying on the resistance of the Western Building, you can carry it for as long as you can.

It's a bit of a big green version of 'Sifang Warehouse', such a posture

What is somewhat different from the situation of the 'Sifang Warehouse' is that if Hu Biao's plan really doesn't work, it can't be resisted here.

You can also evacuate to other parts of the garden through tunnels to fight guerrillas.

And in this process, continue to transfer treasures as much as possible; All of the above are their current plans.

There is no doubt that such a plan is off to a good start.

However, Hu Biao knew better that when the Yin-French coalition army mobilized its artillery and began to attack with artillery support, their situation would be difficult.

In fact, after about an hour, a total of 50 cannons were deployed one by one outside the range of the heavy machine guns in the main building.

Not, as Hu Biao expected, the shelling of the main building immediately began.

But after these cannons were all reloaded, the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at this side; This kind of situation that I really don't know when the cannon will be fired has brought great pressure to everyone in the main building.

Then, about 200 Yin soldiers, armed with rifles, cats on their waists, and with the help of various obstacles and covers, slowly approached this side little by little.

At a glance, Yang Dongli, the second leader of the team, is worthy of liking to study various strategies and tactics on weekdays, and immediately saw the tactics of these people.

Under the excitement of his body, he shouted out with a voice in his mouth:

"Everyone, pay attention, put these foreign devils closer and then fight.

The key to combat is to move quickly, reduce exposure time, move immediately after a shot, and don't stay where you are; In particular, the heavy machine gun team should not fire and stay in each position for more than five seconds. ”

Sure enough, Yang Dongli's reminder is very necessary.

After the two hundred Yin troops rushed into a distance of three hundred meters, half of them stopped and raised their guns to this side.

The other half continued to be dragged in.

But even so, it wasn't long before the men were within a hundred meters; If they didn't want these people to rush into the building, Hu Biao and they would have to open fire.

With such an idea, Hu Biao quickly leaned out a little from the side of the gate, and at the same time, the Hanyang-made rifle in his hand stretched out.

There's no time to squint and aim properly.

After hastily locking on to a target, he pulled the trigger of his fingertip.

At the moment when the bullet was discharged, Hu Biao just retracted, and retreated to the side for five or six steps in a row before squatting down before pulling the bolt again and pushing a new bullet.

During the whole process, I didn't even have time to take a look at the results.

Fortunately, at most half a second later, a ball of blood burst out on the left side of the face of a Yin army who was slowly approaching, and he fell backwards on the spot.

When Hu Biao fired, everyone in the building also opened fire.

It's a pity that in such a firing that can't even be guaranteed to aim carefully, in addition to the fact that everyone in the team can also guarantee hitting the target, most of the weapons in the hands of Ren Liang and the others are empty.

For a while, the gunfire here in the main building was quite lively.

In fact, less than twenty people were brought down, and the results of the battle after firing were far from the last battle.

However, it turns out that Hu Biao and their current cautious way of fighting are a little cowardly, but they are very wise.

In the next second when everyone in the building opened fire, the rifles in the hands of the Yin soldiers outside also opened fire one after another; The dense bullets beckoned to the side of the main building, and the accuracy was still quite good.

Hu Biao could clearly see that on the other side of this gate, a father-in-law in his forties had just prepared to fire after leaning out a little bit of his body in his appearance.

It's just that when it comes to serving people, these fathers-in-law may be quite professional, but the quality of combat is basically equal to none.

Holding the arquebus, aim a little longer.

Before he could successfully aim at a target, he opened fire, and a Mine bullet hit him in the chest.

Desperately pulled the trigger, and let a buckshot beckon, but nothing hit; With a look of regret, he collapsed to the ground.

Seeing this, a palace maid who has undergone short-term training for sharp and righteous people has mastered the most basic bandaging and nursing knowledge.

The cat bent on his waist and hurried all the way over.

Grabbing his father-in-law's body with great difficulty, he dragged him to the safety of the stone wall, and then crouched down to examine the wound.

But before she could do so, amid a loud roar of artillery fire, the wall where the two of them were hiding was hit by a 12-pound solid bullet.

Suddenly, between the splashes of stone chips, the petite figure of the palace maid was directly put to the ground.

Faced with such a scene, Hu Biao couldn't do anything; The only thing I can do is to scold a foul language of 'special ~' in my mouth.

Then, a grenade with a wooden handle was removed from the waist.

After pulling the fuse, he rounded his arms and threw them out......

(End of chapter)